The Washington bee., 1887-10-08

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to any bodyselse who is willing to
concede certain rights and p,ivile-
ges?
THE DUTY OF THE NEGRO
is to support men and measures.
There never was so much discrim-
ination practiced against the Ne
gro as there is under the present
administration by men who are
proprietors of hotels, steamboats,,
etc. If the administration is pow
erless to put an end to this, it is
better that it be changed. What
the colored people want is freedom,
free to go where their money will
carry any white person for his money
We mean on the steam boat, steam
cars, or any public place that is
kept by people for the accommoda-
ton of the public. We don't ask
for social equality, nor do we want
to disturb the domestic transquili-
ty of our more fortunate bretheren
in white. All we ask is equality be.
fore the law and recognition accord
ing to merritt. We also ask for pro-
lection in the free exercise of our
political rights, free to vete, speak
for whom you please. If neither
of the two great political parties
can assure us those constitution
al privileges, it is better that both
parties be WHIPPED out of existence
and establish party of, for and
by the people irrespective of color
or previous condition of servitude.
MIR. CLEVELAND
may be popular with the people,
we don't doubt, but while that is
a fact he must remember that the
American people are peculiar.
They will throw away their hats
and bonnets today with enthusi-
asm but tomorrow they may be
hunting you with dagger. The
spoilsmen in any party must be sat
isied.> This civil service business
is buta farce n>the minds of the
people aud the sooner it is abolish
ed the better. There is a a great
deal for the colored people to do.
The presidential nomination is near
at hand. 1t is expected that Mr..
Blaine will arrive from abroad like
a cyclone and carry the next con
vention by storm. The inns are
of the opinion that Mr.. Cleveland
will have an easy victory. The
democrats of course will nominate
their ticket without the aid or con
sent of the Negro, while the repub-
licans will have a fair representa-
tion of colored men who will have
as much to say as any body else.
In that event what will the Negro
do? Should they support the man
of whom they had no say in nomi-
hating or the one who was nOmi-
mated by the convention in which
they were allowed voice. These
are questions that should be con-
sidered. The colored people must
-.vt r,au-A-e --~i.ts>l.a IA, tho nnyt
presidentional election. Let US first
ask ourselves what have we gained
since the ascendency of the demo:
cratic party and compare it with
what we gained when the republi-
can party came into power and
during it's supremacy. If the record
of the democrats. will after we
haye compared it with the republi.
can party, is entitled to Our sup
port, then let US be up and doing.
We have supported Mr.. Cleveland
because he is in advance of his par
ty to some extent and when any
thing was done by him that war
ranted a commentator we did not
hesitate to commend it.
Americans should not be par
tisan in their dealings with public
men and measures, when anything
is done for the good OF the people,
no matter what their politics are or
whether the measure be the concep-
tion Of a democrat or republican,
We think that convention of COL
OFen men is an ObsOlute necessity.
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